Saw filing or grinding wheel.



C. A. MUST.

SAW FILING on GRINDING WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7. 1916.

1,217,889. Patented Feb. 27-, 191.7.

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CHARLES A. .nnusn or MEMP IS, TENNESSEE.

- saw FIVLING on; GRINDING WHEEL-.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 7,1916. Serial N 0. 113,582.

To all whom it may 00mm i I Be it known that I, CHARLns A. Bnus'r, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county ofShelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Saw Filing or Grinding Wheels; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates generally to filing or 'rindin devices but morearticularl to certain new and useful iinprovementsin filing or grindingwheels, used upon saw blades and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter by which the rake and clearance edges of a saw tooth areground or sharpened simultaneously.

Another object of the invention is to gen-' erally improve upon devicesof this character by the provision of a device which will be simple,strong, durable and extremely inexpensive in construction, eflicient andreliable in operation, and well adapted .to the purpose for which it isdesigned.

With these and numerous other objects 'in view, the invention consistsof certain novel features of construction and in the combination andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing in which similar reference charactersdesignate like parts throughout the several news:

F igure 1 18 a longitudlnal sectional view,

partly in elevation, of a wheel constructed in accordance with thisinvention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are front elevations of the separate disks separated fromtheir mountings; and

Fig. 4.- view of a portion of the wheel, showing the same inoperative'engagement with the teeth of a saw.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeral 1designates a mandrel upon which the filing or grinding wheel is fixed.It is to be understood that this mandrel 1 is revolubly mounted in theusual manner in a saw grinding machine (not shown). Arranged on thediametrically opposite sides of the mandrel 1 are longitudinallyextending ribs 2, which form means for preventing rotation of the wheelis an enlarged vertical sectional to be presently described upon thesame.

The above referred to filing or grinding wheel comprises in itspreferred embodiment a circular d1sk3 having a centrally arrangedopening l therethrough for the reception of the mandrel 1. d Thediametri- "Patented Eeb. a, 1 917.

cally opposite edges of the opening a arep notched out as at, 5 toreceive. the ribs 2.

The opposite sides of the disk 3 from points spaced inwardly of'itsperiphery to the same are arranged in converging relation and formedinto annular grinding orfiling surfaces 6 and 7.

y The reference numeral 8 designates a com panion disk or plate which isarranged adjacent the disk 3 1n concentric relation with the same, andis similarlyprovided with a central opening 9 having notches 10 on'itsopposite edges to receive the mandrel 1 and face 7 on the inner side ofthe larger disk 3 r is spaced inwardly of. the adjacent or smaller endof the disk 8 so that the forward or rake edge of the saw teeth may beground to the extreme point thereof. The use of the invention isillustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, wherein a portion of a saw bladeA is shown having as usual a series of teeth T. From this figure it maybe seen that when the wheel is brought into operative engagement withthe teethof the blade, the grinding surface 7 will operate upon theforward or rake edge of the teeth, the surface 12 upon the clearanceedge of the teeth, while the surface 6 will operate upon the rear orremaining edge of the adjacent teeth. By movingthe blade eitherforwardly or backwardly depending upon the type of machine upon whichthe wheel is mounted, the corresponding parts of the next succeedingteeth will be ground,

thus completely grinding the first operated upon teeth.

From the foregoing description, it maybe seen that the object of theinvention has been effectively carried out, as a filing or grindingwheel has been provided which will file or grind the rake and clearanceedges of a saw or other blade simultaneously; Heretofore this has beendone by separate operations, by the use of a plurality of wheels and ina majority of cases the clearance edgesof the teeth have not been groundat all. Wish to be limited to the exact construction herein shown anddescribed except in so far as required by the scope of the appendedclaim for the device may be equally adapted for use in filing orgrinding saw blades having teeth of different configuration from thatshown and described.

I claim:

A saw filing or grinding wheel of the class described comprising a pairof contacting companlon disks of unequal diameters ar-" ranged inconcentric relation to each other the edge of the smaller disk beingnclmed inwardly from its outer to its inner side and having a grindingsurface thereon for grinding the clearance edge of a saw tooth,w

It is to be herein noted that I do not the opposite sides of the largerdisk from points spaced inwardly of its periphery said periphery beingdisposed in converging relation and having annular grinding surfacesthereon, the annular grinding sur face on the inner side of said largerdisk having its inner edge disposed inwardly of the adjacent end of thesmaller disk for grinding the forward or rake edge of the saw tooth tothe extreme point of said tooth, the annular grinding surface on theouter side of the larger disk being adapted to grind the rear edge ofthe adjacent saw tooth, all of said grinding surfaces being adapted toact upon their respective edges of the saw teeth simultaneously.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. BRUST.

VVitnesses:

L. C. RUTLAND, J. W. MONTGOMERY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of'Patents. Washington; D. 0.

